You are wrong, and I don't mean to sound insulting but it seems like you are making these comments on theory and not on experience. I have multiple sites with

You are wrong, and I don't mean to sound insulting but it seems like you are making these comments on theory and not on experience. I have multiple sites with pop-ups that see outstanding open and click-through rates, it's not even close to the same thing as buying an email list (which doesn't work, as you pointed out).